What do they tell us about pioneer culture

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Author Scott Zesch uses the story of Indian captives to open a window into the experiences of Texas pioneers. What do their experiences tell us about Native American culture? What do they tell us about pioneer culture? Why did the Comanches take captives? Assess how the stories of the captives and their captors fit into larger patterns in the history of the United States West. Conclude your paper by explaining what The Captured tells us about the American frontier. Why did the some bands within the Comanche Empire resort to kidnapping the European kids during the late 1840s in Texas?" or "How challenging was the borderland experience of the early Polish migrants in the Dakota territory during the 1880s?"

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